“We want the championship. We are not a team that must finish second but we are a team that must conquer. We want number one and we don’t want anything else,” Mphahlele said.
“I’ve told him [Mammila] that we need to win the league... his mandate is to win the league not to go to the playoffs or whatever stuff, he needs to win the league. We can’t afford losing our home games.”
Mphahlele also insisted his son was not done a favour to be part of the squad, asserting “he can play good football”.
“He [Seboledi] is here on merit not because he’s my son. He can play good football. He wasn’t selected by me but he was selected by the coaches. Everybody was happy about him during the trials... even the supporters. The supporters didn’t know he was my son but they kept on praising him during the trials as I was sitting with them,” the Baroka chairman stated.
Mphahlele also cited experience as the main reason they signed the 37-year-old well-travelled Shaka Zulu.
“Siphelele Mthembu is a good player. He’s got experience. Last year, we had a good team but without experience up front. It’s at the back [in defence] where he had experienced players, so we thought let’s get someone who will have experience up front and will share experience with these young boys.”
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Mammila’s mandate is to win promotion – Baroka boss
Mphahlele says they need to win their home games
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Baroka chairman Khurishi Mphahlele has declared that they want to win all their home games as they aim for nothing but automatic promotion back to the Premiership.
“We want all 45 points at home. The fans must expect a very, very competitive team. I will not celebrate [qualifying for] the playoffs... I didn’t celebrate that anyway [last season as they finished third and lost out to Richards Bay in the round-robin playoffs],” Mphahlele said.
The Bakgaga owner also made it clear his coach, Morgan Mammila, knows it’s the automatic promotion or nothing. Baroka unveiled 11 new players at their village in Lebowakgomo on Saturday. Mphahlele’s 16-year-old son, Seboledi, alongside former Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates striker Siphelele “Shaka Zulu” Mthembu, headlined the list of the new signings.
“We want the championship. We are not a team that must finish second but we are a team that must conquer. We want number one and we don’t want anything else,” Mphahlele said.
“I’ve told him [Mammila] that we need to win the league... his mandate is to win the league not to go to the playoffs or whatever stuff, he needs to win the league. We can’t afford losing our home games.”
Mphahlele also insisted his son was not done a favour to be part of the squad, asserting “he can play good football”.
“He [Seboledi] is here on merit not because he’s my son. He can play good football. He wasn’t selected by me but he was selected by the coaches. Everybody was happy about him during the trials... even the supporters. The supporters didn’t know he was my son but they kept on praising him during the trials as I was sitting with them,” the Baroka chairman stated.
Mphahlele also cited experience as the main reason they signed the 37-year-old well-travelled Shaka Zulu.
“Siphelele Mthembu is a good player. He’s got experience. Last year, we had a good team but without experience up front. It’s at the back [in defence] where he had experienced players, so we thought let’s get someone who will have experience up front and will share experience with these young boys.”
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